I’ll be honest and say that I’m surprised that people keep downvoting it to levels that I associate with malicious trolls, rather than let it stay hidden at −5
It was already negative when I saw it, so I neither up- nor downvoted. I suspect the title catches more attention than the normal not-bad-but-not-helpful post, so even when it passed −5, people were drawn to look at it, and when they saw the content they downvoted without noticing the current score.
Actually, I wonder how many LW voters think of it as expressing an opinion (I want to support or dis-support this), and how many think of it as sending a signal (I want the author to change behavior). I suspect the former are more likely to add votes even if the score’s already clear, and the latter to vote only if they think the current score is insufficient.
It was already negative when I saw it, so I neither up- nor downvoted. I suspect the title catches more attention than the normal not-bad-but-not-helpful post, so even when it passed −5, people were drawn to look at it, and when they saw the content they downvoted without noticing the current score.
Actually, I wonder how many LW voters think of it as expressing an opinion (I want to support or dis-support this), and how many think of it as sending a signal (I want the author to change behavior). I suspect the former are more likely to add votes even if the score’s already clear, and the latter to vote only if they think the current score is insufficient.